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Vulnerability Note VU#698390RealPlayer ActiveX control contains buffer overflow in "ShowPreferences"OverviewThe RealPlayer ActiveX control contains a stack-based buffer overflow in the ShowPreferences method. This may permit a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the user's system.I. DescriptionRealNetworks RealPlayer is a multimedia application that allows users to view local and remote audio/video content. The RealPlayer ActiveX control allows web authors to embed the RealPlayer application in HTML documents and have control over it. One of the exported functions of the RealPlayer ActiveX control is HandleAction, which executes a method or action. When the HandleAction function is used to call the ShowPreferences method, the RealPlayer preferences dialog is displayed, showing the specified category and page. The ShowPreferences method concatenates its two arguments and then makes an unchecked call to sprintf(). By passing long arguments to ShowPreferences, an attacker can cause a stack-based buffer overflow to occur. Any browser that supports ActiveX may be affected, including IE and other software that uses MSHTML.
Install an update, as specified by the RealNetworks security advisory.
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Thanks to NGSSoftware Insight Security Research for reporting this vulnerability. This document was written by Will Dormann.
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